“Nothing triggered me to think something negative was going on,” Johnson said. “It’s scary, very.”
Wednesday night Johnson said she saw the evidence truck at Alebbini’s apartment.
Candace Richberg of Vandalia was in the neighborhood visiting a friend Thursday. She said, “It makes me nervous for the safety of the area I live in; I cannot even fathom that going on here.”
UPDATE @ 12:05 p.m. (April 27):
The FBI has confirmed a search warrant executed at an apartment at the Northlake Hills Co-Op apartment complex on Lakebend Drive was so authorities could search the home of a man accused of attempting to provide material support or resources to ISIS.
Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, was arrested at the Cincinnati/Kentucky International Airport on Wednesday.
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UPDATE @ 10:30 p.m. (April 26): The FBI conducted an investigation at an apartment in the 3800 block of Lakebend Drive.
A man who identified himself as a security guard for the Northlake Hills Co-Op apartment complex said he was told not to allow our news crew near the address where the investigation is occurring.
Todd Lindgren, spokesman with the Cincinnati FBI office, confirms only that the FBI has been at the address since late this afternoon.
“The FBI is conducting law enforcement activity in that area,” Lindgren said. He noted that he could not say anything about the focus of the investigation.
We’re told the Dayton police has had a one-unit detail at the address since just before 3 p.m.
A check of the Montgomery County auditor's online records indicates the address is part of the Northlake Hills complex.
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The man and others working with him are turning traffic around on Lakebend Drive. There are people standing along Lakebend Drive, watching.
WHIO.com received a phone call just after 9 p.m. about the FBI being on the property.
At 10:30 p.m., an FBI agent asked our whio.com/News Center 7 first responder to leave the area.
We'll keep working to find out what's happening at the complex.
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